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Show Pastoral Letter Cites Duty Of Americans Clergymen, viewing the world situation, are basing sermons, church articles and class discussions discus-sions on the Korean crisis and Ita effects on religious life of the nation. Reflecting the concern In the clerical mind Is a pastoral letter written by Rev. James C. Peterson, Peter-son, pastor of Tabor Lutheran church, and mailed to his parish-loners. parish-loners. It reads In part: The International situation today la far more serious than many Individuals are yet awakened awak-ened to realise, and It la Impossible Impos-sible for our own country to Isolate Itself In any measure of security, either bodily, economically eco-nomically or morally. "The shallow-mlndedness snd Ignorance of many Americans are revealed In their superficial conversation and their talk about wanting to hurry and get possession of certain manufactured manu-factured commodities. "These individuals are Incapable Incap-able of sensing that if ws all were posseased with that spirit it would be historically logical that our nation should go down In shameful defeat as being unworthy un-worthy of survival. "Yet, though all this be true, we must not suffer our dear American people to be misled by false propaganda to believe that the Russian so-called communism commu-nism is a movement to free snd save mankind. We need not feel hesitant, as citizens of our U. S. and members of the United Nations, Na-tions, about praying for success suc-cess of our militant men who are cent out definitely to halt aggression." |